Fallout 4 Guide: Armor and Power Armor Mod Crafting

Fallout 4 offers many customization options for armor, including the power armor. Normal armor has 2 different mods to choose from, but vault jumpsuits have one. Power armor is different because you can mod each piece of the armor. You need high-rank Armorer perks for all armor and also Science for vault jumpsuits and power armor.

This guide will go over everything about crafting armor and power armor mods including:

Advanced Armor Mod Crafting - Each armor category and the mods you can craft for each.

Armor Mod Crafting Basics

You need an armor workbench to mod regular armor and a Power Armor station to mod power armor. Both are found throughout the world, or crafted at your settlement if you have rank 2 Local Leader perk.

Perks

If you want to make the best armor you can, you'll need the right perks.

Armorer (Str 3) - Allows you to craft mods for armor.

Rank 2 - Level 13

Rank 3 - Level 25

Rank 4 - Level 39

Science (Int 6) - Allows you to craft high-tech mods.

Rank 2 - Level 17

Rank 3 - Level 28

Rank 4 - Level 41

You can also use the Blacksmith perk if you plan on doing melee damage in your power armor.

Materials

Every armor mod needs Adhesive, but the rest depend on the piece. Most pieces of armor use some of the items below.

Cloth

Fiberglass

Steel

Screw

Aluminum

Rubber

Power armor mods usually need extra things like circuitry, nuclear material, and other science materials. Grab anything you come across while exploring, then break it down for materials when you go to a settlement.

Note: If you use an item during crafting instead of breaking it down for materials, you lose any extra materials that the item has that are not used in the recipe.